Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

Category: JavaScript

  • Regular Expression to get the Last Instance of a Word

    The question of the day is how to use a regular expression to select the last instance of a word in a string of text. Finding the first instance is quite straightforward, but finding the last isn’t as intuitive.

  • Pure JavaScript Basic Select List Handling

    It’s always a good idea to keep a reference for the basics of handling various form elements. Here is my attempt to explain some of the general functions for dealing with drop-down lists in pure JavaScript. Note that I am talking about a simple single-selection drop-down list. The syntax for multiple-selection drop down lists is…

  • Basic Pure JavaScript Example of Reading JSON Nodes

    JSON is one of the most popular ways of transmitting data between a client and server and is more lightweight than its rival XML. There are many ways to access data in a JSON schema, but overall the simplest is to use pure JavaScript. Why not use an abstraction library such as JQuery? For simple…